Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 15, 1894, Page 20

1891 'l‘WEN'l'Y \‘x;‘rx ;\ >\£ ';Y XN ‘[\,x,:\ f:m & *X x\'k x&k{m {x\) i\(\'k* ,C x«)‘ x\'k 20 PAGES. P00 o W f '\fx \L:f« THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, AI'RIL ]' S R A LT \x,xf* A‘ ATRATARAT Y, \‘ R tx%t@%fitxf{ - Pax A Reason 1. The Edition is limited, and the time will s0on arrive when no more complete orders can be filled. Reason 2. ‘Book of the B iable, author; This is the —the only full, r chronicle of the building and operation of the Fair, written by the men who did it. Reason 3. s will be one of the most interest- 1 books of the nincteenth s the cireulation is lim- ited, cach copy will soon be exceedingly valuable. Reason 4. Tt will eontain data of great value from mechanical, hitectural, build- ing, engincering, artistic and govern- mental standpoints. Reazon 5. Tt will be the first opportunity to view & complete exhibition of the process of construction in all stages. Reason 6, As an educational work, the “Book of the Builc will be of the greatest value, for it will preserve in compact form the myriad lessons taught by the Fair. Reason 7. Probably not ore visitor in five hun- dred saw half the Fair, not one in five thousand saw the whole of it; not one in fifty thousand carried away a clear im- pression of its countless beauties and wonders. But the fortunate owner of the “Book of the Builders,” will haye in his possession the store-house itself.con- taining all that was vaiuable. from which he can draw at leisure. Reason &. While the published records and data of great value, it is in tho “unwritten history” of the Fair that the most inter- esting and vauable lessons occur, and this can only be given to the world in the “'Book of the Builders.” Reason 9. This Memorial History should not be confounded with the many unauthorized and unauthentic volumns about the Fair. It is the only book which com- bines the work and the worker, the re- sult and the process, the exhibition in theory and in fact, Reason 10, 1t is to be ilustrated by the skill of the leading artists of America. The list of painters, decorators and illustrators, includes every prominent name in this country. Reason 11, 1 Tt will tell the story of the conversion’ wasto into a *'city Reason 12. It will follow the whole work from fiest to last. It will relate the difficul- ties in the path of the work and how each problem was met and solved. Reason 13. It will graphically describe the great conception of the landscape gardeners and show how it was ¢xecuted, illustra- ting the work at each stage. Reason 14. It will show how Nature herself was requisiticned and made to supply canals, basins, lagoons, and islands, > < ¢ Reason 15. Tt will describe the neering problems of dredging, and excavating. wonderful engi- filling, " FOURTH ANNOUNCEMENT. Reason 16. It will contain countless intere anecdotes of the work and the wor it will tell of the many “incidents by the way. Reason 17. It will describe and fully illustrate the architecture of the Exhibition, Reason 18, It will teli the marvelous story of tho stion of 200 Buildings in 600 (Mr. Burnham’s interest in the work will make this a very important feature.) Reason 19: It will describe the great mechanical achievements and illustrate how they were accomplished. Reason 20. Tt will tell of the building of Docks, Bridges and Towers; Piers and Break- waters; Roadways and Sidewalks; ) uments and Columns; and of the struction of many ingenious obj cluding the battleship *Iliinois. Reason 21. It will illust and carefully de- scribe the construction of the mechani- cal wonders and novelties, such as the Moveable Sidewalk, the Ferris Wheel, ete., ete. Reason 22. > the strange new build- ing mate taff,”’ and tell of the in- cidents and cxperiences of those early days when the first exporiments with it were made. Reason 28. It will show the operations of the sculpture modeling and illustrate the construction of the different statues, animals, figures, fountains, cte. Reason 24. It will illustrate and describe the great Peristyle, the rostral columns,the McMonnies fountain, the statute of *“The Republic,” the Colonnades, and the St. Gauden’s statues. Reason 2£8. Tt will describe the work of the Artists and Decorators on the Fair Buildings. Reason 286. It will give, in interesting, graphic form, the details of the operation of the Fair. Reason 27, Tt will recite the wonderful electrical achievements; the Intramural Railway, the power plant, and the generation, storage and distribution of the fluid. Reason 28, It will picture the impressions of ‘A Nighs at the Fair,” revealing the hid- den myst and seerets of the electri- cal fountains, search lights, coronas, cte,, and of the lighting of the White City. Reason 29, Tt will discuss the eering prob- lems, explaining the system of water supply for the Faiv, equal to a eity of 250,000 inhabitants. Reason 80, It will descrihe Buildings, and o the various State Mlain the significance re and the interesting features of their construction, Reason 8l, It will illustrate all the curious dom- iciles of various nations; the maux and Nubian huts, the Johore Bungalow, the Tea House, the Indian Wigwam, the thatched roofs panese Esqui- | | tmmediately Jor THE BOOK OF B BUIEDERS Being the Chronicle of the Origin and Plan of the World’s Fairj of the Architecture of the Buildings and Landscapej of the Work of Copstructionj of tha Pecorations and Embel= lishmentsy and of the Operation. Compiled and Published by the Columbian Memorial Publication Socicty, under a Special Charter from the State of Illinois. DANIELE H. BURNHAM and BlRANIE D VLR Co-Editors. The only complete, authoritative history of the World's Fair. work there are to be Remember that of this great ) Two Edifions z The Edition de Luxe Unlimited. N TEN Sections. Price as yet undetermined, but wiil probably exceed one thousand dollars for the complete work of ten parts, The Bee’s Popular Edition. Copies limited. N Twenty-five Sections. A compilation of the best features, prepared and published expressly for Tug Owaita BEe by the same authors and publishers, See price below, PRICE of The Bee's Popular Idition: For One Section. 25 Cents and 6 Coupons, By Mail, 30 Cents. Everybody should received tion. buy it. daily for The Bee's Popular Edi- Do not fail to sccure a right of subscrip- Orders are tion for one copy before the limit is exhausted. No one should lose this unabridged edition of PUBLISHED opportunity to own an GREATEST BOOK EVER IN ANY LITERA- TURE OR IN ANY AGE.” v.neso, tho s, and other of the Samoans and the mud walls of the Dahomeyt strange structures. Reason 82, Tt will picture the ands in their ¢ strange peoples of ings with the the curious oxperiences with s, Cingalese, gerinus, Nubians, Dahomey Japanese, Bsquimaux, others. Numidians, Fijians, und Reason 88. a vivid deseription of the " of the trials and 5. of the annoyance Xuiions, of the stubborn problems and anxious experiments of the first twenty months. Tt will Reason 84. It will give many interesting scenes in the daily Iife of the active workers, showing how much could bo accom- plished in twenty-four hours, Reason 88. Tt will give some curious views from out-of-the-way sites,— from traveling cranes, from high stagings, from gird- ers, lofty gallerics, roof timbers, cte, Reason 86. Tt will illustrate the growth of the whole work from month to month, with iuteresting picturcs of the shrubbery at different sta Reason 87, It will give to the public the exact im- pressions which the Faiv made upon the most d \ed men and women who visited it. Reason 88. Tt will deseribe and illustrate the dec- ovation of th buildings, and genious devico (invented b v “‘painting with a hos Reason 89. It will present some remarkable pic- tures of the night illuminations of the Grand Court and the Great Basin, Reason 40. It will explain the significence of all tho principal designs and decorations, giving enlarged views of the master- pieces of sculpture and painting. Reason 41, It will explain the first ides of the and Court” (or Court of Honor), and yroduce the historie “first rough sketch on brown paper,”—a vision of the completed Fair. Reason 42, It will interpret the architecturg of the buildings of Foreign Governments, and explain its typical features, Reason 48. It will tell how the Whito City was of the precautions ; of tho oversight us persons, cte., ote. Reason 44, It will deseribo the Shone Ejector, the Cleansing Works and Cromatory, and the system of sewerage and drainage. Reason 48. It will show the relative advance along different lines between the Philadelphia Centennial, the xposition, and the Columbian World's Fair Reason 46. Tt will tell of the number and dispo- sition of the armies of workers and give an idea of the relative amount of lubor in each department and process of the “ | picturesque oW of‘z‘/ze many Reasons wiry you should Subscribe ) Reason 47 1t will give glitnpaos of the and consulty ns of the Hea purtments, with interesting sc anecdotes, Reason 48 Tt will present ir the most vivid and manner all the pivotal events of the Exposition. Reason 49 It will be the wnd grow only chronicle ot the s well he ful- fillment and operation, of the r, Reason 50 It will avoid the dullness of a statisti- cal account, und the prolixity of a gov- ernme nd aim to be ra the vor tive of the gr dertaking and achievement, Reason 51 Tt will tell the story of the ‘‘handling of the multitudes.” Reason 52 Tt will deseribe the arrangements for police protection, — the Columbian Guard, the Sceret Service, ete. Reason 53 It will explain tho precautions taken against fire and the organization of the Pire Brigade. Reason 54 Tt will describe the arrangements for Public Comfort, — the Guides, Wheel Chairs, ete. Reason 55 Tt will tell the work done by the Di- 1ector of Functions. Reason 356 It will ehronicle the various entertaine ments und ceremonics connected with the Fair, Reason 57 Tv will explain the work of the Medical Department of the Organization, Reason 58 Tt will show how the immense problem of Freight transportation was solved. Reason 59 1t will describo the arrangements for passenger transit by land and water,— the Lake boats, the City Elevated, ete. Reason 60 Tt will degeribo the methods for inter- nal transit; the Intramural Rallway, Launches, and Gondolas, ete. Reason 61 Tt will give some interesting building statistics, and some figures of the quane tity of materials and labor. Reason 62 1t will contain reproductions in face simile colors of One Hundred Original Paintings, exccuted by Fifty leading Awerican Artists, sclected by the Soe cioty especialiy tor this work, Reason 63 It will contain several hundred orig inal sketches and dv ngs in black and white by fifty-four of the best American Ilustrators. Reason 64 It will present views of the origina sites of many of the most famous localis i including the Grand Court as it ap= peared in March, 1501, Reason 65 greatest col ion of Tt will be the ) offored in a single American Art ever work, Send your order immediately for One Copy. 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